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This practicum may be used for a major role in a department production.  The director of the production is the person who determines what is required to achieve the one-hour credit and also decides the grade.  The director must be informed that the student is taking an acting practicum before rehearsals begin.

Students in this practicum assist the costumer, who is responsible for all the clothing used in the performance.  Duties include matters relating to design, acquisition (creation and rental), fitting, altering, maintaining, and storing all costumes.

This practicum usually consists of the direction of a production, short play, fringe festival, or showcase.  Specific responsibilities are determined in consultation with an advisor.

Students taking this practicum must expect to take on the following duties:  recruitment and training of ushers, assistance in seating and audience management, determining a house count, and opening and closing the theatre house.

Emphasized in this practicum are learning computer ticketing programs, working with the public, creating box office reports and cash drawer audits, and collaborating with the House Manager.

The student serving as properties manager is responsible for all props and furniture used on the stage and all personal props used by the actors, as well as acquisition and stage positioning of all such properties. Required of all Theatre majors.

This practicum is designed to introduce the student to marketing a theatrical production. Students develop skills relating to time and database management, are given an introduction to show logographic design, are expected to practice good writing skills, and must engage in strategic planning and marketing for theatrical productions.

The sound designer is responsible for all sound used in the performance. This includes the acquisition of and organization of all sound effects, pre/post-show, intermission music, and lobby music.  Required of all Theatre majors.

Students enrolled in this practicum are responsible for one or more of these aspects of play production:  set construction, painting, running crew, atmosphere and stage effects.  Because of the varied nature of the possible assignments, responsibilities also vary significantly and will be determined on a per-production basis with the technical director.

The stage manager's responsibilities are to assist the production director, organize all production staff, assist the director during the rehearsals, and coordinate all backstage activities, including actors, for the performance.  During performances, the stage director is accountable for all aspects of the performance.  Required for Theatre majors. Props and Sound Practicums should be taken first.

The lighting student's responsibilities include the testing, hanging, and focusing of all lighting equipment.  The lighting practicum may involve the following positions:  lighting designer (courses in design are required prerequisites), lighting student, master electrician, light board operator, and/or lighting crew.

In this practicum, the student works on a creative writing project developing original scripts from outline to final play.  Plays may vary, but may include writing a realistic one-act, a nonrealistic one-act, a one-act documentary, a dramatization of fiction, or a full-length play.

The credit for this practicum is usually awarded retroactively.  The student must have either been cast for or must have run crew for an AlphaBet Soup Children's Theatre production for a complete semester.  This professional company has its home base at the Philip Lynch Theatre. 

Students enrolled in this course will work on production functioning as a dramaturge.  A dramaturge researches the play, the playwright, and the social, cultural, and political issues that influenced the playwright's creation.

This practicum prepares the student for employment after graduation.  The requirements differ according to the career goal of the student.  Technicians and designers will prepare a portfolio.  Actors will assemble headshots, résumé, audition pieces, and practical knowledge of theatre business.  All students will prepare a regular employment résumé.  Required for Theatre majors during their second to last semester.

This course reviews the major periods of the theatre, from the Greeks to the Restoration, including historical background, dramatic form, playwrights and the physical theatre. The course partially fulfills the advanced writing requirement.

This continuation of 22-431 covers plays of the Restoration period to those of the present day. This course partially fulfills the advanced writing requirement.

Basic concepts of play direction are studied as they apply to the preparation of scenes and short plays.

Students are placed in theatre companies arranged with an advisor to provide them with on-the-job experience.

Students conduct independent research projects directed by a departmental instructor. The projects are an area of theatre not covered by other courses. Students must present a brief outline of the project and obtain the instructor's approval before registration.